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The World Senior Pairs Championship is one of the competitions held as part of the World Bridge Championships. This Pairs competition was initiated in 1990 and is held every four years. Prior to 2005 both members of each pair had to be at least 55 years of age. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) has decided that, as from 2005, the minimum age for a player to be recognized as Senior will be increasing one year per year, until it reaches 60 years in 2010.[1] The decision ensures that 55-years olds who participated in a senior event in 2003 will never become ex-Seniors.
World meets commonly run for 15 days on a schedule whose details vary.
In 2006 the Senior Pairs played Tuesday to Friday, the 11th to 14th days of the meet, after completion of all teams competition for seniors. There were eight sessions with 103 pairs on the first two days, 98 on the third, and 88 on the fourth.[2]
| Year | Entries | Rank | ||
| 1990[3] | [NB 1] | 1. | Albert Dormer | Alan Hiron |
| 2. | Kees Kaiser | Jaap Kokkes | ||
| 3. | Franz Baratta | Karl Rohan | ||
| 1994[4] | 1. | Hamish Bennett | Fred Hamilton | |
| 2. | Simon Kantor | Murray Melton | ||
| 3. | Duncan Phillips | Bill Solomon | ||
| 1998[5] | 1. | Irving Gordon | Boris Schapiro | |
| 2. | Lea Dupont | Benito Garozzo | ||
| 3. | Burghard von Alvensleben | Walter Höger | ||
| 2002[6] | 71 | 1. | Christo Drumev | Ivan Tanev |
| 2. | Bruce Gowdy | Arno Hobart | ||
| [NB 2] | 3. | John Mohan | Claude Vogel | |
| 2006[7] | 103 | 1. | Nico Klaver | Roald Ramer |
| 2. | Aleksander Jezioro | Julian Klukowski | ||
| 3. | Reiner Marsal | Entscho Wladow | ||
| 2010[8] | 66 | 1. | Rich DeMartino | Patrick McDevitt |
| 2. | Kyoko Ohno | Akihiko Yamada | ||
| 3. | Farid Assemi | Edward Wojewoda |